A shocking video of a policeman being pushed into a lake and four youths of a local Ganesh Utsav mandal trying to drown him in Kalyan townwhip has gone viral in Thane
Thane: A shocking video of a policeman being pushed into a lake and four youths of a local Ganesh Utsav mandal trying to drown him in Kalyan townwhip has gone viral in Thane.
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The youths had earlier objected to being disciplined by the policeman Niteen Dondu Dagale. On the occasion of immersion of the Ganpati idols last evening, sub-inspector Dagale (38), attached to Kolsewadi Police Station in Kalyan, was on bandobust duty at Teesgaon Talao of the town.
He was controlling the crowd assembled for the immersion and was disciplining the members of various mandals. The members of the Jari Mari Ganesh Utsav mandal were also asked to follow queue system. However, some youths of the mandal objected to being disciplined and picked up a quarrel with Dagale.
Later, the youths allegedly pushed him into the lake. When Dagale tried to come out of the water, one of the four youths jumped in and again allegedly tried to drown him but in vain, a senior police officer said.
Dagale, however, managed to save himself by swimming out of the lake. The video of the incident showed people indulging in revelry while no one came to the rescue of the police officer. The accused youths are said to supporters of a local politician.
The Kolsewadi Police has registered offences against the four accused under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) read with 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
Meanwhile, taking serious note of increasing instances of attack on police personnel in Mumbai and neighbouring districts, Maharashtra Police today appealed to people to restrain from such unprovoked behaviour and also warned them of consequences of indulging in such acts.
"I want to clarify that such incidents would not be tolerated at all and stringent penal actions would be applied to those found accused of resorting to such unprovoked behaviour. I want to assert, especially to the youths, that if they resort to such unprovoked behaviour then it will be almost impossible for them to get a job anywhere and they won't be able to get even passport clearances," Director General of Police (DGP) of Maharashtra Police Satish Mathur said.
He described the spate of attacks on policemen as unfortunate and appealed to the people to respect their work. "Our message is clear. We are not going to spare anyone involved in such cases. Attacking a policeman is equivalent to attacking whole society. Each policeman is like you and comes from you only. Hence respect their work as he is discharging his duties by setting aside or sacrificing his own commitments and social obligations," Mathur said.
The top cop also denied allegations that the police force was not acting tough on perpetrators due to 'political patronage'. "There is no political pressure or political patronage at all on us. We deal such cases very firmly and as per the law. Even the Chief Minister has instructed me to take all possible measures against the accused in this case and all such cases," Mathur told reporters at a press conference in Mumbai.
When asked about reasons of spurt in such cases, he said, "Largely it seems people are pissed with traffic enforcement due to rules imposed during congregational occasions. But people should think about it seriously and cooperate with the men in Khaki, rather venting out their aggression on them."
To a question on unruly behaviour of cops, Mathur said, "If people find the behaviour of a policemen unruly or objectionable, then there are many channels through which they can file a complaint against such erring police officials. But taking law into their own hands is not acceptable at all."
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